PRE-TUCSON FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Ends Thursday Jan 23, 2019

This week's pre-TUCSON Show auction features great selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, contemporary beauties and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! We dove back into the classics collections we have purchased over the years for some fresh choices for you !

Highlights this week include:

1. Superb NEW VANADINITE from Mexico

 

2. Ross Lillie Collection specimens

 

3. Unique GALENA combination from the Viburnum Trend

 

4. Large rare Charcas QUARTZ on a CALCITE rhomb

 

5. Superb Alaska EPIDOTE with QUARTZ

 

6. Rare Congo pseudomorphs and a large MALACHITE stalactite

 

7. Large BRUCITE from a recent find

 

8. Huge Chinese CALCITE stalactite

 

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Superb Vanadinite (NEW FIND)
San Carlos Mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.9 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $338
Goshenite Beryl w/ Tourmaline (Ed Swoboda Coll.)
Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 3.8 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Synthetic Quartz (Motorola Laboratories )
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
15.6 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $253
Fluorite octahedron (fluorescent - classic locale)
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
4.7 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Huge Calcite stalactite "club"
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
33.5 x 7.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Calcite V-twin (old - rare style) George Feist Coll.
Tri-State District, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
7.8 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Fibrous Sugilite (rare - 2016 finds)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Petalite (rare & uncommon locale)
Cachoeira mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Sharp Pyrite pyritohedron floater (classic locale)
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Lazurite "Lapis Lazuli" & Nepheline (rare style) ex Obodda
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
5.6 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $320